DHAKA, Sept 21 (NNN-BSS) – Bangladesh suffered its worst day yet of the dengue this year, as deaths of the disease reached the previous record, yesterday.
Bangladesh reported 3,015 new dengue cases and 21 new deaths yesterday, taking the tally to 176,810 and the death toll to over 850, so far, this year, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) under the Ministry of Health, said.
Previously, on Sept 2, the DGHS reported the highest daily death toll with 21 fatalities.
According to DGHS data, 53,002 dengue cases were recorded so far in Sept, after 71,976 in Aug and 43,854 in July. The total 867 deaths included 274 in Sept, 342 in Aug, and 204 in July.
The total number of recovered patients so far this year, stood at 165,680, including 2,833 new recoveries in the last 24 hours, said the DGHS.
The June-Sept monsoon period is the season of dengue fever in Bangladesh, which is considered a high-risk country prone to the mosquito-borne disease.
